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Hoping to get some advice. My oven gets plenty hot (900+F) when I build a massive wood fire, but the base never really reaches a temp to brown/crisp the crust. So I have well cooked pizza tops, but the crust is less than desired. And after the first pizza the base temps drops off.
My mistake in the construction is I embedded the fire brick base, 1/2-a-brick deep, into the 4.5” thick concrete base square. All of the concrete pulls the heat out of the fire brick.
As I think of the redesign to make larger and fix the base/heat issues, I need suggestions on the best base material to conduct the temp better? Soapstone?
I want to reuse the base concrete/fire brick base, but I hope to lay a new material atop the old embedded fire bric-in-concrete base. My question are:
1. Good material to make base for high heat conduction? Granite, clay stone, brick, 2. Is a solid piece best or better to use brick with mortise joints. What will prevent heat cracking? How thick 3/4”
2. Do I need to put an insulated material between the old concrete base and new base material? Type of insulation?
Thank for any advise Pizza Oven masters....
My mistake in the construction is I embedded the fire brick base, 1/2-a-brick deep, into the 4.5” thick concrete base square. All of the concrete pulls the heat out of the fire brick.
As I think of the redesign to make larger and fix the base/heat issues, I need suggestions on the best base material to conduct the temp better? Soapstone?
I want to reuse the base concrete/fire brick base, but I hope to lay a new material atop the old embedded fire bric-in-concrete base. My question are:
1. Good material to make base for high heat conduction? Granite, clay stone, brick, 2. Is a solid piece best or better to use brick with mortise joints. What will prevent heat cracking? How thick 3/4”
2. Do I need to put an insulated material between the old concrete base and new base material? Type of insulation?
Thank for any advise Pizza Oven masters....
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